The Portland daily press., 1887-07-07
The Postal Treaty with Mexico.

The new postal convention recently con-
cluded between the United States and Mex
leo went into effect July 1. Its principal
provisions are the following:
1-Articles Of every kind or nature which
are admitted to the domestic mails OF either
country will be admitted, under the same
conditions, to the mails exchanged between
the two countries, except that articles other
than letters IN their usual and ordinary
form are excluded from the mails unless
they are SO wrapped or enclosed as to per-
init their contents to be easily examined by
postmasters or customs officers, and except
also the following articles, the transaction
OF whichis absolutely prohibited under any
circumstances, viz:
Sealed packages which from their form and
general appearance evidently are not letters and
are not wrapped or enclosed as above required !;
publications " which violate the copyright laws Of
volumes OF printed books, which exceed four
pounds, six ounces In weight; liquids, pOisOns.
explosive or lniiammable substances, or those
which easily liqnify, live dead mot dried) ami
mails, insects and reptiles, CONNECTIONS, pastes.
fruits ana vegetables which quickly deeompose
and substances which exhale bad Odor lottery
tickets or circulars, all obscene or immoral artL
eles, and other articles which destroy or damage
the mails or injure persons handling them.
2-Au articles exchanged under this ar
rangement are required 70 be fully prepaid
with postage stamps at the rate Of postage
applicable TO similar articles In the domestic
mails OF the country of origin and are re-
quired to be delivered free to addresses in
the country OF destination, except that let
ters upon which only one rate Of postage has
been paid are required to be forwarded and
the amount Of postage due Is required TO be
collected on delivery.
United States pOstmaSters win refuse to
receive or forward articles addressed for de-
livery IN Mexico which are not fully prepaid
with United States postage stamps at the
postage rate applicable to the articles in our
domestic mails, except letters in their usual
and ordinary form, prepaid two cents, which
Will be forwarded to the United States ex-
change post Office, where they viii be
stamped L and rated with the deficient
postage.
3--Articles other than letters in their usual
and ordinary form, ON their arrival
at the exchange post Office of the
country OF destination, will be inspected by
customs officers of that country who win
levy the proper customs duties upon any
articles found to be dutiable under the laws
Of that country.
4.-Oflicial correspondence which is en-
titled to pass in the domestic mails Of either
country free Of postage, Is likewise entitled
to transmission free of postage between the
United States and Mexico.
5.-Any article OF mail matter may be re-
glStered upon the payment Of the domestic
registration fee in addition to the ordinary
postage thereon.
additional charge for any registered article
which has endorsed ON the cover the words,
"Return receipt demanded"
6.-This article provides for the return Of
letters and valuable packages found TO be
unbelievable.
THE senders Of any article may cause
its return or its address to be changed prOvi-
did application therefor be made through
the post Office department OF the country In
which the article was mailed and the neces-
sary formalities having been first complied